Alfonso Carinci
Alfonso Carinci (born January 9, 1862 in Rome ; † November 6, 1963 ) was a Roman Catholic Curial Archbishop . As an eight-year-old acolyte he attended the First Vatican Council , and when he was almost a hundred years old , he took part in the opening of the Second Vatican Council .
Life
Alfonso Carinci was a seminarian at the Capranica College and received on 19 December 1885 sacrament of Holy Orders . From 1911 to 1930 he was rector of the Almo Collegio Capranica.
On December 15, 1945 he was appointed by Pope Pius XII. Appointed Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria and Secretary of the Congregation for the Sacred Rites . He was ordained bishop on January 6, 1946, by Cardinal Carlo Salotti , Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Rites ; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Veroli , Emilio Baroncelli , as well as the auxiliary bishop in Rome and later Cardinal Luigi Traglia . Also in 1945 Pope Pius XII should give him. offered to make him cardinal, but he is said to have declined because of his advanced age on the grounds that “at my age” the expenses for cardinal's clothing are “superfluous”.
1960 was his resignation by John XXIII. granted.
He died a few weeks after his 101st birthday at the Ospedale Fatebenefratelli on the Tiber Island in Rome.
Web links
- Carinci, Alfonso. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 7, 2016.
- Entry on Alfonso Carinci on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 7, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ The New York Times , December 7, 1963, quoted in Carinci, Alfonso. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carinci, Alfonso |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of the Curia, Secretary of the Congregation for Sacred Rites |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1963 |
| Place of death | Rome |